Wednesday, May 30, 2018

What was originally supposed to be about children's TV turned into me watching 6 hours of children's TV show that hasn't been aired in 24 years. 



In a world covered in ice, where children freeze to death in front of there family, Bunch beetles are extermaited from the face of the planet, and it's all too late to fix it. 
This is the world of Dinosaurs the 90's sitcom children show produced by none other than Disney.

Jim Henson came up with the idea for Dinosaurs in 1988, we probably better know him as the creator of muppets. The dinosaurs project was the last project he worked on til his death in may, 1990.

All the dinosaurs are named after major oil companies, and their jobs are push down trees for WESAYSO corporation. They essentially control all energy sources, information sources, and have enough lawyers to allow them legally exterminate an entire race of beetles.

This show touched on every single issue regarding morality and duty there was. From Sexual harassment, women's right, masturbation, environmentalism and even the gulf war. The episode about the gulf war even goes into detail on government suppression of information, war profiteering, and political manipulation through distraction of real issues the president is hiding,.

dinosaurs ran from 1991-1994 in what's arguably the most adult television show disguised for kids.
I think the value proposition was to educate kids about the dangers of ignorance.

Less and less kids are watching Disney channel, while I don't know exactly why, I think making shows with meaning would help there net profit and provide more visibility for real life issues affecting the next generation. I think bring back educational programing is more important than ever.

If we relaunched Dinosaurs in HD do you think people off all ages would watch?
Is it important to have controversial tv and entertainment?
Would these subjects be okay for kids in 2018?













Thursday, April 12, 2018

Week 2: The Art of Listening

  1. What brand did you select?
  2. What is its Value Proposition?
  3. What are THREE things (both good and/or bad) people are saying? Comment on those comments, using some EXAMPLES. 
  4. What products/services are they trying to sell? 
  5. What aspects relate to marketing, and the company's marketing campaign? Cite examples. What's the challenge facing the brand?  
  6. If you were the brand manager, how would you respond to customers?

     I looked at #Supreme via twitter to find out how people felt about the latest drop for the most recognizable clothing brand. Supreme looks to provide the highest end street wear in the world. A trend for them is to release non clothing items along with the drops. 
     This drop they release some very pricy luggage (1,600 usd) and people seemed to not like it, preferring their own less expensive travel bags. 
That being said they sold out instantly (like everything else) but probably for resale. The clothing that went along with the bags was also compared to another kind of bag! Trash bags. These trash bags sold out though making an interesting predicament for supreme. How can one tell if there products are doing well if they sell out instantly but everyone says they suck. If i was the brand manager i would be worried. While the brand is incredibly strong we all know what a bubble does to a market. Maybe slowing down and focusing on quality would be better for the brand in the long.  

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Week One assignment

Topic 1
1. I want to learn how to grow my business in the most productive way. I have looked into a look of marketing strategies already but I want to develop my skills in a single area.
2. I am a business major, specifically in operational business management.
3. I really want to learn about event promotion. The process of creating, funding, and getting people to show up. This may not be covered in this course but if you have tips, details, or course recommendation please let me know.
4. I am interested in growing my business and doing what i love. Thrifting clothes is my favorite past time for the last 4 years.

 Topic 2

Marijuana is the hot topic for people young and old around the dinner table and there is rarely a neutral side. This brought attention to something even I hadn't thought about. Is it fair to tell the same people that grow weed for dispensary that they cannot sell it independently? It's a good idea to regulate, and to what extent is pretty clear in the eyes of the law. Advertising these illegal bushiness is not however.
This article brings into to question the legality of supporting drug dealers that both sell the exact same product, to the exact same customers, but very in the amount of licenses they hold. Weed maps CEO doesn't seem to care. Weed is weed and its their job to show you were to get it. California legislators are saying this is shouldn't be allowed.
Weedmaps is an app the shows users the all the weedstops and products they carry. I think their value proposition would be to provide users with all the possible information available about weed in there area. The CEO is defiantly sticking close to this.
This is crisis engagement in the face of legislator. He will have to not only convince users but law makers of why weed maps shows illegal vendors of weed. Also legal vendors can't be to happy about weedmaps potentially hurting the legalization process. With no real age verification even children could potentially purchase weed illegally.
I thought it was very interesting the CEO said this was all apart of there plan and they saw no problems. I was surprised the police wouldn't be happy knowing the exact places to stop by.
If i was the CEO i would be openly condemning this kind of behavior. I highly doubt i user would want to be recommneed by my to app to stop by a shady place. As for the legal aspect i would love to see weedmaps go to court for the sake of legalizing private marijuana sales from user to user.
  I learned weedmaps can show me all kind of places to buy and sell weed, and they are determined to grow that market place no matter what.